Social Media and Parenting: Raising Kids with Rock Solid Confidence, Not Media Permission – Aurora and Rex #1
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Aurora: Look, Rex, we live in a society flooded with filters, FYPs, and FOMO. The “Not Yet” commercial is more than just a message—it’s a lifeline.
Saturn is in Pisces, and that means boundaries are dissolving. Parents need structure. They need a reminder that it’s okay to delay the digital flood.
This ad is Saturn’s way of whispering, “It’s not your job to raise an influencer.”
It’s a subtle but powerful statement about social media and parenting—and how we’ve forgotten that “no” is a full sentence.
Rex: Or maybe it’s just Saturn weeping. Because we’ve sunk so low that basic parenting now comes with corporate backing and a theme song.
When I was twelve, I got kicked off a teen astrology forum for warning people not to fall in love during Venus retrograde.
No one needed a commercial to tell my mom I didn’t belong on social media. She just said, “Not happening.”
That was the commercial. It wasn’t a debate about social media and parenting—it was instinct.
Aurora: You’re still mad about that forum? You were banned for telling a Scorpio their crush was a walking red flag.
Rex: Because they were! And now look at us—telling parents it’s okay to have common sense, as long as it’s sponsored.
You can’t separate social media and parenting anymore—it’s one big algorithm with a juice box.
Aurora: Okay, but real talk: maybe if we had seen a commercial like this back then, we wouldn’t have romanticized every DM with a microphone emoji.
Maybe we wouldn’t be sitting here wondering if sharing a cosmic duet with Jack meant something, or if it was just Mercury playing tricks on my heart.
Maybe this is the first real line drawn in the chaotic sandstorm of social media and parenting.
Rex: You think I don’t wonder the same thing about Gracie? I saw her like that post from 2018. The one where I’m holding a crystal and smiling at nothing.
Do you know what that means?
Aurora: That you’ve never looked hotter?
Rex: Exactly. And that we were all on social media too young, chasing meaning in likes instead of looking up at the stars.
Our whole generation got launched into the emotional slipstream of social media and parenting that didn’t really parent. Wait a minute did you say I looked hot?
Aurora: Yes we were hot in 2018 someday we’ll discuss your current choices. Right now we are discussing that maybe this commercial is… good?
Rex: Or maybe it’s too late. Or maybe it’s the first breath of sanity in the relentless race between social media and parenting mistakes.
Aurora: Or maybe we’re just finally ready to say not yet to the next emotional spiral.
[They pause. A moment of genuine reflection.]
Rex (squinting at a note): Wait—according to that new memo, were we both supposed to argue in favor of the commercial or against it?
Aurora (suddenly unsure): I—uh—thought I was pro. But then I said it might be too late. So… am I anti now?
Rex: Oh no. Are we doing that thing where we took both sides and now Sandy’s going to flag us for lack of synergy?
Aurora (reading from the new memo): “Truth should be used sparingly—as seasoning, not substance.” That’s… not helpful right now.
Rex: So, what do we do?
Aurora: We wrap it up and pretend this was a balanced perspective all along.
Rex (deadpan): This segment was brought to you by the Strategic Content Alignment Mandate.
Aurora: Drama first. Stars second. Truth… third?
Rex: Let’s not rank it.
[Fade out. Cue the Informer.Digital logo with distant cosmic chimes.]
Mike worked in the radio industry for 35 years which means sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek, satirical, trash talking characters to remind you laughter is good for the soul! Let’s have some fun with entertainment, movies and TV, sports, budget food and games, lifestyle and we’ll get ridiculous.
